tue 13 May 2025
BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS AND AUTOGRAPHS
Live auction, n.1332
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61
First separate edition of this important treatise attributed to Aristotle
Porzio, Simone. De coloribus libellus . Firenze, Torrentino, 1548.
In quarto (203 x 140 mm); [..]
61
First separate edition of this important treatise attributed to Aristotle
Porzio, Simone. De coloribus libellus . Firenze, Torrentino, 1548.
In quarto (203 x 140 mm); [..]
Estimate
€ 700 / 1.000
62
The first work is one of the earliest monographs on ophthalmology
Porzio, Simone. De coloribus oculorum . Firenze, Torrentino, 1550. Legato con De dolore . Firenze, [..]
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The first work is one of the earliest monographs on ophthalmology
Porzio, Simone. De coloribus oculorum . Firenze, Torrentino, 1550. Legato con De dolore . Firenze, [..]
Estimate
€ 700 / 1.000
63
First edition of this most able restitution of the lost Fifth Book of the Conic Sections of Apollonius Pergaeus
Viviani, Vincenzo. De maximis et minimis geometrica divinatio . Firenze, Cocchini, 1659.
In folio [..]
63
First edition of this most able restitution of the lost Fifth Book of the Conic Sections of Apollonius [..]
Viviani, Vincenzo. De maximis et minimis geometrica divinatio . Firenze, Cocchini, 1659.
In folio [..]
Estimate
€ 1.000 / 1.500
64
Rara prima edizione del primo trattato sul calcolo delle variazioni
Euler, Leonhard. Methodus inveniendi lineas curvas maximi minimive proprietate gaudentes . Losanna e Ginevra, [..]
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Rara prima edizione del primo trattato sul calcolo delle variazioni
Euler, Leonhard. Methodus inveniendi lineas curvas maximi minimive proprietate gaudentes . Losanna e Ginevra, [..]
Estimate
€ 2.000 / 4.000
65
First edition of a landmark work in mathematics
Euler, Leonhard. Introductio in analysin infinitorum . Losanna, Bousquet, 1748.
In quarto (235 [..]
65
First edition of a landmark work in mathematics
Euler, Leonhard. Introductio in analysin infinitorum . Losanna, Bousquet, 1748.
In quarto (235 [..]
Estimate
€ 3.000 / 5.000
66
First edition of one of the most beautiful mechanical books of the Renaissance
Ramelli, Agostino. Le diverse et artificiose machine . Parigi, Ramelli, 1588.
In folio (295 x [..]
66
First edition of one of the most beautiful mechanical books of the Renaissance
Ramelli, Agostino. Le diverse et artificiose machine . Parigi, Ramelli, 1588.
In folio (295 x [..]
Estimate
€ 5.000 / 8.000
67
Second edition, first in Latin, of this remarkable work of technology and machinery
Böckler, Georg Andreas. Theatrum machinarum novum . Norimberga, Fürst, 1662.
In folio [..]
67
Second edition, first in Latin, of this remarkable work of technology and machinery
Böckler, Georg Andreas. Theatrum machinarum novum . Norimberga, Fürst, 1662.
In folio [..]
Estimate
€ 600 / 800
68
Original edition, one of the rare first issues dated 1666
Magalotti, Lorenzo. Saggi di naturali esperienze fatte nell'Accademia del Cimento . Firenze, Cocchini, [..]
68
Original edition, one of the rare first issues dated 1666
Magalotti, Lorenzo. Saggi di naturali esperienze fatte nell'Accademia del Cimento . Firenze, Cocchini, [..]
Estimate
€ 2.000 / 3.000
69
Prima edizione italiana del primo manuale di moderna mineralogia sistematica
Agricola, Georg. De la generatione de le cose, che sotto la Terra sono . Venezia, Tramezzino, 1550.
[..]
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Prima edizione italiana del primo manuale di moderna mineralogia sistematica
Agricola, Georg. De la generatione de le cose, che sotto la Terra sono . Venezia, Tramezzino, 1550.
[..]
Estimate
€ 1.500 / 2.000
70
Work of one of the most important figures of the Renaissance as a mineralogist, chemist and technician.
Biringuccio, Vannoccio. Pirotechnia . Venezia, Comin da Trino, 1558-59. [..]
70
Work of one of the most important figures of the Renaissance as a mineralogist, chemist and technicia [..]
Biringuccio, Vannoccio. Pirotechnia . Venezia, Comin da Trino, 1558-59. [..]
Estimate
€ 800 / 1.200
71
Second edition of one of the most esteemed works on metals and minerals in attactive binding
Cesalpino, Andrea. De Metallicis libri tres . Noriberga, Agricola, 1602.
In quarto (195 [..]
71
Second edition of one of the most esteemed works on metals and minerals in attactive binding
Cesalpino, Andrea. De Metallicis libri tres . Noriberga, Agricola, 1602.
In quarto (195 [..]
Estimate
€ 400 / 600
72
Glauber’s most important book on which his fame as chemist rests
Glauber, Johann Rudolph. Furni novi philosophici . Amsterdam, Jansson, 1661-64. Legato con De Auri [..]
72
Glauber’s most important book on which his fame as chemist rests
Glauber, Johann Rudolph. Furni novi philosophici . Amsterdam, Jansson, 1661-64. Legato con De Auri [..]
Estimate
€ 2.000 / 3.000
73
Only edition of this work that describes the properties of metals and deals with alchemy
Gherli, Fulvio. Il Proteo metallico o sia della trasformazione superficiale dei metalli . Venezia, [..]
73
Only edition of this work that describes the properties of metals and deals with alchemy
Gherli, Fulvio. Il Proteo metallico o sia della trasformazione superficiale dei metalli . Venezia, [..]
Estimate
€ 1.500 / 2.000
74
Scarce work oh hydraulics
Carazzi, Carlo. Modo di dividere l'alluvioni da quello di Bartolo, et de gli agrimensori diverso . [..]
74
Scarce work oh hydraulics
Carazzi, Carlo. Modo di dividere l'alluvioni da quello di Bartolo, et de gli agrimensori diverso . [..]
Estimate
€ 1.000 / 1.500
75
Very rare first edition
Visconti, Anton Maria. Practica numerorum e mensurarum . Brescia, de Turlinis, 1581.
In quarto [..]
75
Very rare first edition
Visconti, Anton Maria. Practica numerorum e mensurarum . Brescia, de Turlinis, 1581.
In quarto [..]
Estimate
€ 4.000 / 6.000
76
Valuable hydraulic engineering treatise on aqueducts and water distribution in ancient Rome
Fabretti, Raffaele. De aquis et aquaeductibus veteris Romae . Roma, Bussotti, 1680.
In quarto [..]
76
Valuable hydraulic engineering treatise on aqueducts and water distribution in ancient Rome
Fabretti, Raffaele. De aquis et aquaeductibus veteris Romae . Roma, Bussotti, 1680.
In quarto [..]
Estimate
€ 800 / 1.200
77
Important collection of various treatises by the well-known scientist
Vallisneri, Antonio. Opere diverse, cioè: istoria del camaleonte affricano e di varj animali [..]
77
Important collection of various treatises by the well-known scientist
Vallisneri, Antonio. Opere diverse, cioè: istoria del camaleonte affricano e di varj animali [..]
Estimate
€ 600 / 800
78
First Italian edition
Erone d’Alessandria. De gli automati overo machine se moventi . Venezia, Porro, 1589.
In [..]
78
First Italian edition
Erone d’Alessandria. De gli automati overo machine se moventi . Venezia, Porro, 1589.
In [..]
Estimate
€ 1.500 / 2.000
79
Uncut copy of the second edition
Erone d’Alessandria. Gli artificiosi e curiosi moti spiritali. Bologna, Zenero, 1647.
[..]
79
Uncut copy of the second edition
Erone d’Alessandria. Gli artificiosi e curiosi moti spiritali. Bologna, Zenero, 1647.
[..]
Estimate
€ 600 / 800
80
First edition of a rare treatise printed in Sicily
Bonomo, Gabriele. Automatum inaequale sive horologiorum antiquum automatis animatum . Palermo, Valenza, [..]
80
First edition of a rare treatise printed in Sicily
Bonomo, Gabriele. Automatum inaequale sive horologiorum antiquum automatis animatum . Palermo, Valenza, [..]
Estimate
€ 2.000 / 3.000
81
First Italian edition of De Montibus
Boccaccio, Giovanni. Opera . [Venezia, de Gregoriis, circa 1525]. [..]
81
First Italian edition of De Montibus
Boccaccio, Giovanni. Opera . [Venezia, de Gregoriis, circa 1525]. [..]
Estimate
€ 300 / 400
82
First Italian edition of the major scientific treatise by the distinguished Swiss humanist
Loriti, Enrico detto Glareanus. De Geographia liber unus . Venezia, Sabio e Sessa, 1534.
In ottavo [..]
82
First Italian edition of the major scientific treatise by the distinguished Swiss humanist
Loriti, Enrico detto Glareanus. De Geographia liber unus . Venezia, Sabio e Sessa, 1534.
In ottavo [..]
Estimate
€ 500 / 800
83
First edition with text in both Latin and Greek, based on the Aldine edition of 1516.
Strabone. De Situ Orbis libri XVII . Basila, Petri, 1549.
In folio (327 x 212 mm); [32], 797, [..]
83
First edition with text in both Latin and Greek, based on the Aldine edition of 1516.
Strabone. De Situ Orbis libri XVII . Basila, Petri, 1549.
In folio (327 x 212 mm); [32], 797, [..]
Estimate
€ 700 / 1.000
84
Second edition in Italian of the celebrated description of Scandinavia
Magnus, Olaus. Historia delle genti et della natura delle cose settentrionali . Venezia, Nicolini per [..]
84
Second edition in Italian of the celebrated description of Scandinavia
Magnus, Olaus. Historia delle genti et della natura delle cose settentrionali . Venezia, Nicolini per [..]
Estimate
€ 1.500 / 2.000
85
First edition by Plantin and second Latin
Ortelius, Abraham. Theatrum orbis terrarum ... Nomenclator ptolemaicus . Anversa, Plantin, 1579.
[..]
85
First edition by Plantin and second Latin
Ortelius, Abraham. Theatrum orbis terrarum ... Nomenclator ptolemaicus . Anversa, Plantin, 1579.
[..]
Estimate
€ 15.000 / 20.000
86
The first of three issues of this important and greatly enlarged edition
Apianus, Petrus. Cosmographia sive descriptio universi Orbis . Anversa, Beller, 1584.
In quarto [..]
86
The first of three issues of this important and greatly enlarged edition
Apianus, Petrus. Cosmographia sive descriptio universi Orbis . Anversa, Beller, 1584.
In quarto [..]
Estimate
€ 4.000 / 6.000
87
Second edition of Ptolemy's geography with Mercator's maps
Tolomeo, Claudio. Geographiae . [Colonia, Kempen], 1584.
In folio (406 x 270 mm); [4], 90 (recte [..]
87
Second edition of Ptolemy's geography with Mercator's maps
Tolomeo, Claudio. Geographiae . [Colonia, Kempen], 1584.
In folio (406 x 270 mm); [4], 90 (recte [..]
Estimate
€ 3.000 / 5.000
88
First edition of Magini's new theories on celestial bodies
Magini, Giovanni Antonio. Novae Coelestium Orbium Theoricae congruentes cum observationibus N. Copernici [..]
88
First edition of Magini's new theories on celestial bodies
Magini, Giovanni Antonio. Novae Coelestium Orbium Theoricae congruentes cum observationibus N. Copernici [..]
Estimate
€ 700 / 1.000
89
First edition of Magini’s famous mathematical treatise, his scarcest work
Magini, Antonio. De planis triangulus . Venezia, Meletti, 1592.
In quarto (214 x 156 mm); [4], [..]
89
First edition of Magini’s famous mathematical treatise, his scarcest work
Magini, Antonio. De planis triangulus . Venezia, Meletti, 1592.
In quarto (214 x 156 mm); [4], [..]
Estimate
€ 1.000 / 1.500
90
An early and enlarged edition of this first-hand account of the war between Turkey and Persia
Minadoi, Giovanni Tommaso. Historia della guerra fra Turchi e Persiani . Venezia, Muschio, 1594. [..]
90
An early and enlarged edition of this first-hand account of the war between Turkey and Persia
Minadoi, Giovanni Tommaso. Historia della guerra fra Turchi e Persiani . Venezia, Muschio, 1594. [..]
Estimate
€ 800 / 1.200